1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

The 1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election was held in 1978.^[1] It was the sixth election. Indira Gandhi formed new party INC(I). Indian National Congress (I) won 175 seats out of 294 seats. While, JP won 60 seats and Independent candidates won 15 seats.

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

← 1972 25 February 1978 (1978-02-25) 1983 →
All 294 seats in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly 148 seats needed for a majority
Registered	28,386,334
Turnout	20,698,706 (72.92%) 13.21%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Marri Chenna Reddy Gouthu Latchanna Party INC(I) JP Leader since 1978 1977 Leader's seat Medchal (won) Sompeta (won) Last election 291 seats, 52.29% Party did not exist Seats won 175 60 Seat change 44 New party Popular vote 7,908,220 5,812,532 Percentage 39.25% 28.85% Swing 13.04% New party
Chief Minister before election Jalagam Vengala Rao INC(R) Elected Chief Minister Marri Chenna Reddy INC(I)

Election results

Constituencies

Type of Constituency	Gen	SC	ST	Total
No. of Constituencies	240	39	15	294

^[1]

Contestants

No. of Contestants in a Constituency	1	2	3	4	5	6-10	11-15	Above15
No. of Such Constituencies	0	3	52	60	69	102	7	1

^[1]

Total contestants in fray: 1,548

Average contestants per constituency: 5

Minimum contestants  in a constituency: 2

Maximum contestants  in a constituency: 16 in 207 - Himayatnagar

Performance of women candidates vis-a-vis men candidates

	Men	Women	Total
i. No. of Contestants	1486	62	1548
ii. Elected	284	10	294
iii. Forfeited Deposits	786	30	816

^[1]

Results

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress (Indira)	7,908,220	39.25	13.04%	175	44
	Janata Party	5,812,532	28.85	new party	60	new party
	Indian National Congress	3,426,850	17.01	16.69%	30	30
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	546,262	2.71	0.47%	8	7
	Communist Party of India	501,452	2.49	3.49%	6	1
	Republican Party of India (Khobragade)	53,497	0.27	0.12%	0
	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	38,691	0.19	new party	0	new party
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	6,547	0.03	0.23%	0
	Backward Classes Mahasabha	2,123	0.01		0
	Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad	611	0.00	new party	0	new party
	Republican Party of India	500	0.00	new party	0	new party
	Independents	1,852,808	9.20	23.02%	15	42
Total		20,150,093	100.00	–	294	7
Valid votes		20,150,093	97.35
Invalid/blank votes		548,613	2.65
Total votes		20,698,706	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		28,386,334	72.92

List of Assembly constituencies and winners

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member	Party
Ichapuram	None	Bendalam Venkatesam Sarma		Janata Party
Sompeta	None	Gouthu Latchanna		Janata Party
Tekkali	None	Bammaidi Narayanaswami		Janata Party
Harishchandra	None	Appalanarasimha Bugata Kennapalli		Indian National Congress
Narasannapeta	None	Dola Seetaramulu		Indian National Congress
Patapatnam	None	Kalamata Mohanarao		Independent
Kothuru	ST	Viswasarai Narasimharao		Janata Party
Naguru	ST	Satrucharala Vijaya Rama Raju		Janata Party
Parvathipuram	None	Parasuramnaidu Chikati		Janata Party
Salur	ST	S. R. T. P. S. Veerapa Raju		Communist Party of India
Bobbili	None	Kolli Venkata Kurmi Naidu		Janata Party
Therlam	None	Vasireddi Varada Ramarao		Indian National Congress
Vunukuru	None	Babu Parankusam Mudili		Janata Party
Palakonda	SC	Kambala Rajaratnam		Janata Party
Amadalavalasa	None	Srinamamurthy Pydi		Indian National Congress
Srikakulam	None	Challa Lakshminarayana		Janata Party
Etcherla	SC	Kothapalli Narasayya		Janata Party
Cheepurupalli	None	Chigilipalli Syamalarao		Indian National Congress
Gajapathinagaram	None	Vangapandu Narayanappala Naidu		Janata Party
Vizianagaram	None	Shree Ashok Gajapathi Raju Poosapati		Janata Party
Sathivada	None	Penumatsa Sambasiva Raju		Indian National Congress
Bhogapuram	None	Appadudora Kommuru		Indian National Congress
Bheemunipatnam	None	Datla Jagannadha Raju		Indian National Congress
Visakhapatnam-i	None	Sunkari Alwar Das		Indian National Congress
Visakhapatnam-ii	None	N. S. N. Reddy		Janata Party
Pendurthi	None	Gudivada Appanna		Indian National Congress
Uttarapalli	None	Vijaya Raghava Satyanarayana Padmanabha Raju Kakarlapudi		Indian National Congress
Srungavarapukota	ST	Sanyasidora Duru		Indian National Congress
Paderu	ST	Giddi Appalanaidu		Janata Party
Madugula	None	Kuracha Ramunaidu		Independent
Chodavaram	None	Seetharama Sastri Emani		Janata Party
Anakapalli	None	Koduganti Govindrao		Communist Party of India
Paravada	None	Bhattam Sri Rama Murty		Indian National Congress
Elamanchili	None	Veesamu Sanyasinayudu		Indian National Congress
Payakaraopeta	SC	Maruthi Adeyya		Indian National Congress
Narsipatnam	None	Gopatrudu Bolem		Indian National Congress
Chintapalli	ST	Kondalarao Depuru		Indian National Congress
Yellavaram	ST	Gorrela Prakasa Rao		Indian National Congress
Burugupudi	None	Padma Raju Varrey		Indian National Congress
Rajahmundry	None	Tadavarthi Satyavathi		Indian National Congress
Kadiam	None	Ammiraju Patamsetti		Janata Party
Jaggampeta	None	Pantham Padamanabham		Indian National Congress
Peddapuram	None	Vundavalli Narayanamurthy		Indian National Congress
Prathipadu	None	Mudragada Padmanabham		Janata Party
Tuni	None	Vijayalakshmidevi Meerrja Nallaparaju		Indian National Congress
Pithapuram	None	Koppana Venkata Chandra Mohanarao		Indian National Congress
Sampara	None	Venkatramana Matta		Indian National Congress
Kakinada	None	Malladi Swamy		Indian National Congress
Tallarevu	None	Suryanarayana Biruda		Janata Party
Anaparthy	None	Padala Ammi Reddy		Janata Party
Ramachandrapuram	None	Apparao Pilli		Independent
Alamuru	None	S. Venkata Reddy		Indian National Congress
Mummidivaram	SC	Moka Sri Vishnu Prasada Rao		Indian National Congress
Allavaram	SC	Venkatapathi Devarapalli		Indian National Congress
Amalapuram	None	Venkata Sri Rama Rao Palacholla		Janata Party
Kothapeta	None	Manthena Venkata Surya Subharaju		Janata Party
Nagaram	SC	Ganapathi Rao Neethipudi		Indian National Congress
Razole	None	Rudraraju Ramalingaraju		Indian National Congress
Narasapur	None	Sheshavataram Parakala		Indian National Congress
Palacole	None	Vardhineedi Satyanarayana		Indian National Congress
Achanta	SC	Kota Dhana Raju		Indian National Congress
Bhimavaram	None	Kalidindi Vijayayanarasimha Raju		Indian National Congress
Undi	None	Gottumukkala Rama Chandraraju		Indian National Congress
Penugonda	None	Jakkamsetti Venkateswararao		Indian National Congress
Tanuku	None	Kantioydu Appa Rao		Indian National Congress
Attili	None	Indukuri Ramakrishanam Raju		Indian National Congress
Tadepalligudem	None	Chintalapati Seeta Rama Chandra Vara Prasada Murty Raju		Indian National Congress
Ungutur	None	Kadiyala Satyanarayana		Indian National Congress
Dendulur	None	Neelam Charles		Indian National Congress
Eluru	None	Surya Prakasa Rao Nalabati		Indian National Congress
Gopalpuram	SC	Desari Sarojini Devi		Indian National Congress
Kovvur	None	Munshi Abdul Aziz		Indian National Congress
Polavaram	ST	Nagabhushanam Rasaputra		Indian National Congress
Chintalapudi	None	Gadde Venkateswara Rao		Indian National Congress
Jaggayyapet	None	Ramarao Bodduluru		Indian National Congress
Nandigama	None	Mukkapati Venkateswara Rao		Janata Party
Vijayawada West	None	Pothina Chinna		Indian National Congress
Vijayawada East	None	Nadendla Bhaskar Rao		Indian National Congress
Kankipadu	None	Koneru Ranga Rao		Indian National Congress
Mylavaram	None	Chanamolu Venkata Rao		Indian National Congress
Tiruvuru	SC	Vakkalagadda Adamu		Indian National Congress
Nuzvid	None	Paladag Venkata Rao		Indian National Congress
Gannavaram	None	Puchalapalli Sindarayya		Communist Party of India
Vuyyur	None	Vadde Sohanadreeswara Rao		Janata Party
Gudivada	None	Katari Satyanarayanarao		Indian National Congress
Mudinepalli	None	Pinnamaneni Koteswara Rao		Indian National Congress
Kaikalur	None	Kanumuru Bapiraju		Independent
Malleswaram	None	Buragadda Niranjana Rao		Janata Party
Bandar	None	Vaddi Ranga Rao		Janata Party
Nidumolu	SC	Guturu Bapanayya		Communist Party of India
Avanigadda	None	Mandali Venkata Krishna Rao		Indian National Congress
Kuchinapudi	None	Evuru Subba Rao		Janata Party
Repalle	None	Koratala Satyanarayana		Communist Party of India
Vemur	None	Yadalapati Venkatrao		Indian National Congress
Duggirala	None	G.vedantha Rao		Indian National Congress
Tenali	None	Indira Doddapaneni		Janata Party
Ponnur	None	Nageswara Rao Gogineni		Indian National Congress
Bapatla	None	Kona Prabhakara Rao		Indian National Congress
Prathipad	None	Lakshinarayana Reddy Karumuru		Indian National Congress
Guntur-i	None	Eswara Rao Lingamsetty		Indian National Congress
Guntur-ii	None	Gada Veeranjaneya Sarma		Indian National Congress
Mangalagiri	None	G.v.pathaiah		Janata Party
Tadikonda	SC	Amrutha Rao T.		Indian National Congress
Sattenapalli	None	Ravela Venkatrao		Indian National Congress
Peddakurapadu	None	Ganapa Ramaswamy Reddy		Janata Party
Gurzala	None	Gadipudi Mallikarjunarao		Indian National Congress
Macherla	None	Challa Narapa Reddy		Indian National Congress
Vinukonda	None	Avudari Venkateswarlu		Independent
Narasaraopet	None	Kasu Venkata Krishna Reddi		Indian National Congress
Chilakaluripet	None	Sambaiah Somepalli		Indian National Congress
Chirala	None	Mutte Vinkateswarlu		Indian National Congress
Parchur	None	Maddukuri Narayana Rao		Indian National Congress
Martur	None	Jagarlamudi Chandramouli		Janata Party
Addanki	None	Karanam Balaramakrishna Murthy		Indian National Congress
Ongole	None	Srungarapu Jeevaratnam Naidu		Indian National Congress
Santhanuthalapadu	SC	Yellaiah Vema		Indian National Congress
Kandukur	None	Devi Kondaiah Chudary		Indian National Congress
Kanigiri	None	Buthalapalli Ramasubba Reddy		Indian National Congress
Kondepi	None	Gundapaneni Pattabhi Ramaswamy		Indian National Congress
Cumbum	None	Kandula Obul Reddy		Indian National Congress
Darsi	None	Gnana Prakasam Berre		Indian National Congress
Markapur	None	Poola Subbaiah		Communist Party of India
Giddalur	None	Ranga Reddi Pidpthala		Janata Party
Udayagiri	None	Venkaiah Naidu		Janata Party
Kavali	None	Kaliki Yanadi Reddy		Indian National Congress
Allur	None	Giddaluru Sundara Ramaiah		Indian National Congress
Kovur	None	Pellakuru Ramacandra Reddy		Indian National Congress
Atmakur	None	Bommireddy Sudararami Reddy		Indian National Congress
Rapur	None	Navvula Venkataratnam Naidu		Indian National Congress
Nellore	None	Koonam Venkata Subba Reddy		Indian National Congress
Sarvepalli	None	Chitturu Venkata Sesha Reddy		Indian National Congress
Gudur	SC	Patra Prakasa Rao		Indian National Congress
Sulurpet	SC	Pitla Venkatasubbaiah		Indian National Congress
Venkatagiri	None	Nallapareddi Sreenivasulu Reddy		Indian National Congress
Srikalahasti	None	Vunnam Subramanyam Naidu		Indian National Congress
Satyavedu	SC	C.doss		Indian National Congress
Nagari	None	Chenga Reddy Reddivari		Indian National Congress
Puttur	None	K.b. Siddaiah		Janata Party
Vepanjeri	SC	Bangala Arumugam		Janata Party
Chittoor	None	N.p.venkateswara Choudary		Janata Party
Palmaner	SC	A.ratnam		Indian National Congress
Kuppam	None	B.r.doraswamy Naidu		Indian National Congress
Punganur	None	K.v.pathi		Indian National Congress
Madanapalle	None	Gangarapu Venkata Narayana Reddy		Indian National Congress
Thamballapalle	None	A. mohan Reddy		Indian National Congress
Vayalpad	None	Amarnatha Reddy Nallari		Indian National Congress
Pileru	None	Mogal Sufulla Baig		Indian National Congress
Chandragiri	None	Chandrababu Naidu Nara		Indian National Congress
Tirupathi	None	Agarala Easwara Reddi		Indian National Congress
Kodur	SC	Nidiganti Venkatasubbaiah		Janata Party
Rajampet	None	Konduru Prabhavathamma		Indian National Congress
Rayachoty	None	Sugavasi Palakondrayudu		Janata Party
Lakkireddipalli	None	Gadikota Rama Subba Reddy		Indian National Congress
Cuddapah	None	Gajjala Ranga Reddy		Indian National Congress
Badvel	None	Vaddamani Sivaramekrishan Rao		Janata Party
Mydukur	None	D. L Ravindra Reddy		Independent
Proddatur	None	Chandra Obulreddy Rami Reddy		Indian National Congress
Jammalamadugu	None	Chavva Morammagari Ramanatha Reddy		Janata Party
Kamalapuram	None	Perla Siva Reddy		Independent
Pulivendla	None	Y.s. Rajasekhar Reddy		Indian National Congress
Kadiri	None	Nizam Vali		Indian National Congress
Nallamada	None	Asigam Veerappa		Indian National Congress
Gorantla	None	P.bayapa Reddy		Indian National Congress
Hindupur	None	K.thippeswamy		Indian National Congress
Madakasira	None	Y.thimma Reddy		Indian National Congress
Penukonda	None	Somandepalli Narayana Reddy		Indian National Congress
Kalyandrug	SC	Hindi Narasappa		Janata Party
Rayadrug	None	K.b.chennamllappa		Indian National Congress
Uravakonda	None	R.vemanna		Indian National Congress
Gooty	None	K.venkataramaiah		Indian National Congress
Singanamala	SC	B. Rukmani Devi		Janata Party
Anantapur	None	B.t.l.n. Chowary		Indian National Congress
Dharmavaram	None	Ananathareddy Gonuguntla		Indian National Congress
Tadpatri	None	Diddekunta Venkata Reddy		Indian National Congress
Alur	SC	Eranna		Indian National Congress
Adoni	None	H. Satyanarayana		Indian National Congress
Yemmiganur	None	Hanumantha Reddy		Indian National Congress
Kodumur	SC	D. Muniswamy		Indian National Congress
Kurnool	None	Md. Ibrahim Khan		Indian National Congress
Pattikonda	None	K.v. Narasappa		Indian National Congress
Dhone	None	Krishna Moorthy K. E.		Indian National Congress
Koilkuntla	None	K. Anki Reddy		Janata Party
Allagadda	None	Gangula Thimma Reddy		Independent
Panyam	None	Erasu Ayyapu Reddy		Janata Party
Nandikotkur	None	Byreddy Seshasayana Reddy		Indian National Congress
Nandyal	None	Bojja Ventatareddy		Janata Party
Atmakur	None	A.vengal Reddy		Indian National Congress
Achampet	SC	R.m.manohar		Indian National Congress
Nagarkurnool	None	Srinivasa Rao		Indian National Congress
Kalwakurthi	None	S.jaipal Reddy		Janata Party
Shadnagar	SC	Kistaiah Bheeshva		Indian National Congress
Jadcherla	None	N.narasappa		Indian National Congress
Mahbubnagar	None	M.ram Reddy		Indian National Congress
Wanaparthy	None	Jaya Ramula		Indian National Congress
Kollapur	None	Kotha Venkateshwar Rao		Indian National Congress
Alampur	None	Ram Bhupal Reddy		Janata Party
Gadwal	None	D.k.sqatya Reddy		Janata Party
Amarchinta	None	Veera Reddy		Indian National Congress
Makthal	None	Narsimlu		Indian National Congress
Kodangal	None	Gurunath Reddy		Independent
Tandur	None	M. Manik Rao		Indian National Congress
Vicarabad	SC	V. B. Thirmalayya		Indian National Congress
Pargi	None	Ahmed Shareef		Indian National Congress
Chevella	None	Chirag Pratap Lingam		Janata Party
Ibrahimpatnam	SC	Sumitra Devi		Indian National Congress
Musheerabad	None	Narsimha Reddy		Janata Party
Himayatnagar	None	Lakshmi Kantama		Janata Party
Sanathnagar	None	Ramdass S.		Indian National Congress
Secunderabad	None	L. Narayana		Janata Party
Khairatabad	None	Janardhan Reddy		Indian National Congress
Secunderabad Cantonment	SC	B. Machinder Rao		Janata Party
Malakpet	None	Kandala Prabhakar Reddy		Janata Party
Asafnagar	None	B. Krishna		Indian National Congress
Maharajgunj	None	Shiv Pershad		Indian National Congress
Karwan	None	Shiv Lal		Indian National Congress
Yakutpura	None	Baqerr Agha		Independent
Chandrayangutta	None	Mohd. Amanullah Khan		Independent
Charminar	None	Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi		Independent
Medchal	None	M. Channa Reddy		Indian National Congress
Siddipet	None	Ananthula Madan Mohan		Indian National Congress
Dommat	None	Aireni Lingaiah		Indian National Congress
Gajwel	SC	Gajwel Saidiah		Indian National Congress
Narsapur	None	Chilumula Vithal Reddy		Communist Party of India
Sangareddy	None	Narsimha Reddy		Independent
Zahirabad	None	M. Baga Reddy		Indian National Congress
Narayankhed	None	Shivarao Settkar		Indian National Congress
Medak	None	Seri Lakshma Reddy		Indian National Congress
Ramayampet	None	Rajaiahgari Muthyam Reddy		Indian National Congress
Andole	SC	Rajanarsimha		Indian National Congress
Balkonda	None	Gaddam Rajaram		Indian National Congress
Armoor	None	Santosh Reddy		Indian National Congress
Kamareddy	None	B. Balaiah		Indian National Congress
Yellareddy	None	Tadur Bala Gond		Indian National Congress
Jukkal	SC	Gangaram		Indian National Congress
Banswada	None	M. Sreenivasa Rao		Indian National Congress
Bodhan	None	Gulam Samdhani		Indian National Congress
Nizamabad	None	A. Kishan Das		Indian National Congress
Dichpalli	None	Anthareddy Balreddy		Indian National Congress
Mudhole	None	Gaddanna		Indian National Congress
Nirmal	None	P. Ganga Reddy		Indian National Congress
Boath	ST	T. Amar Singh		Indian National Congress
Adilabad	None	Chilkuri Ramachandra Reddy		Independent
Khanapur	ST	Ambajee		Indian National Congress
Asifabad	SC	Dasari Narsaiah		Indian National Congress
Luxettipet	None	Chunchu Lakshmaiah		Janata Party
Sirpur	None	K. V. Keshavulu		Indian National Congress
Chinnur	SC	C. Narayana		Indian National Congress
Manthani	None	C. Narayana Reddy		Indian National Congress
Peddapalli	None	G. Raji Reddy		Indian National Congress
Mydaram	SC	G. Eshwar		Indian National Congress
Huzurabad	None	Duggirala Venkat Rao		Indian National Congress
Kamalapur	None	Janardhan Reddy P.		Janata Party
Indurthi	None	Deshini Chinna Mallaiah		Communist Party of India
Karimnagar	None	Kondaiah Nalumachu		Indian National Congress
Choppadandi	None	Nayalao Konda Sripathi Rao		Indian National Congress
Jagtial	None	Surender Rao Deevakonda		Indian National Congress
Buggaram	None	Amballa Rajaram		Indian National Congress
Metpalli	None	V. Venkateshwar Rao		Indian National Congress
Sircilla	None	Chennamneni Rajeshwar Rao		Communist Party of India
Narella	SC	Pati Rajam		Indian National Congress
Cheriyal	None	G. Siddaiah		Indian National Congress
Jangaon	None	Kodur Vardha Reddy		Indian National Congress
Chennur	None	Neramugomula Yethiraja Rao		Indian National Congress
Dornakal	None	Surendra Reddy Ramasahayam*		Indian National Congress
Mahbubabad	None	Jannareddi Janardhan Reddy		Indian National Congress
Narsampet	None	Omkar Maddikayala		Communist Party of India
Wardhannapet	None	Jagannadham Macherla		Janata Party
Ghanpur	SC	Goka Ramaswamy		Indian National Congress
Warangal	None	Arelli Buchaiah		Indian National Congress
Hanamkonda	None	T. Hayagriva Chary		Indian National Congress
Shyampet	None	Janga Reddi Chandupatla		Janata Party
Parkal	SC	Bochu Sammaiah		Indian National Congress
Mulug	ST	P. Jagan Naik		Indian National Congress
Bhadrachalam	ST	Yerraiah Reddy Murla		Communist Party of India
Burgampahad	ST	Punem Ramachandraiah		Indian National Congress
Kothagudem	None	Kasaiah Chekuri		Janata Party
Sathupalli	None	Jalagam Vengala Rao		Indian National Congress
Madhira	None	Bandaru Prasada Rao		Indian National Congress
Palair	SC	Hassainu Potta Pinjara		Indian National Congress
Khammam	None	Kesara Anantha Reddy		Indian National Congress
Shujatnagar	None	Buggarapu Sitaramaiah		Indian National Congress
Yellandu	ST	Yerraiah Chapala		Independent
Tungaturthi	None	Swarayam Mallu		Communist Party of India
Suryapet	SC	Annumulapuri Paradamulu		Indian National Congress
Kodad	None	Akkiraju Vasudeva Rao		Janata Party
Miryalguda	None	Aribandi Laxminarayana		Communist Party of India
Chalakurthi	None	Ramulu Nimmala		Indian National Congress
Nakrekal	None	Narra Ragava Reddy		Communist Party of India
Nalgonda	None	Gutha Mohan Reddy		Indian National Congress
Ramannapet	None	Papaiah Komu		Indian National Congress
Alair	SC	Salluri Pochaiah		Indian National Congress
Bhongir	None	Kommidi Narsimna Reddy		Indian National Congress
Mungode	None	Goverdhan Reddy Palvai		Indian National Congress
Deverkonda	ST	D. Ravindra Naik		Indian National Congress